UCF Alum Featured in Hulu Holiday Hit “Happiest Season”
Dominique Allen Lawson ’14 landed a supporting role in the romantic comedy heralded as a breakthrough movie for the LGBTQ+ community.
Themed Experience Program Collaborates with VR Pioneer Carolina Cruz-Neira
Peter Weishar, director of UCF’s Themed Experience program, shares how he and the students in the MFA Theatre – Themed Experience track collaborate with Carolina Cruz-Neira, Agere Chair in Computer Science and creator of the CAVE virtual reality system.
Deadline extended: Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards
The Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards are $25,000 grants for interdisciplinary projects involving UCF faculty and community organizations.
Reading Hamilton with Donatella Galella: Diving into the politics of the pop-culture phenomenon
The Tony Award-winning show Hamilton became a pop culture phenomenon that reaches far beyond the typical Broadway audience. After multiple Broadway tours, over one billion album streams and a recorded cinematic performance on Disney+, the musical that flips the script on one of the lesser-known founding fathers has become a household name. All the show’s […]
14 Faculty Members Inducted into the UCF Scroll and Quill Society
This years’ inductees are experts in methodology, animation, music history, business ethics and other fields.
Venice Symphony announces Ross Monroe Winter as Associate Concertmaster
The Venice Symphony announces that violinist Ross Monroe Winter has joined the orchestra as Associate Concertmaster.
Orlando Sentinel: Theatre UCF series amplifies America’s diverse voices
In just a few weeks, UCF graduate, Ana Martinez Medina ’19 will direct a free online reading of “Mojada,” a play about a Mexican immigrant family. The work is one of four plays dealing with racial-equality and social-justice issues that the university is presenting under the umbrella title “Amplify, Empower, Illuminate: Four Plays With Many […]
UCF Alums Surprised with Taylor Swift Album Credit
Alumni Jonathan Gautier ’06 ’09MA and Jessica (Wigert) ’07 had a whirlwind “August” after learning about engineering credit on Swift’s new album.
Faculty members rejoin CAH after reorganization
When the Nicholson School of Communication and Media joined the College of Sciences, six individuals opted to keep their positions in the College of Arts and Humanities.
Theatre UCF Performs Online This Fall: Series on Social Justice and Much Ado About Nothing Adaptation
This fall, Theatre UCF students are bringing the theatre into your home. We are inviting audiences to see what they are creating through free online readings including a series of plays about social justice and a modern translation of a Shakespeare classic.